oylessly we boarded the Paris train… 1947

Georges Hugnet's photomontage, "oylessly we boarded the Paris train…," uses found imagery and collage to assemble dreamlike scenes. It's a photographic process, but each decision of placement is like a painter setting down a stroke, a move, a gesture that builds the whole. The texture here is fascinating; the grainy, almost rough quality of the black and white print adds to the sense of something surreal and slightly unsettling. Notice the play of shadows and how Hugnet layers images, creating a sense of depth. It’s as though we're peering into a half-remembered memory. The details become incredibly important because the process is more about accumulation, not necessarily about clarity. Hugnet's work reminds me of Hannah Höch, both artists embraced fragmentation, inviting us to piece together our own meanings. Art is about embracing ambiguity and discovering new ways of seeing.